[news] Jonghyun to Join Immortal Song 2

SHINee Jonghyun, 2PM Junsu, CN Blue Jeong Yonghwa, and FT Island Lee Hongki will join the idol singers already cast in the KBS Immortal Masterpiece 2.

Kwon Jaeyoung PD said on the phone, “They cannot participate in the program from the first episode due to schedule conflicts, but their participation has been planned from the beginning.” The current line-up consists of 2AM Changmin, Sista Hyorin, Beast Yoseop, Miss A Min, Super Junior Yesung, and IU.

Kwon PD continued, “6 singers will compete in the program. According to the current plan, SHINee Jonghyun will join them in the 3rd episode that starts a new mission with the 2nd legend singer, 2PM Junsu in the 5th episode for another mission with the 3rd legend singer. But there is uncertainty because the program has no elimination. They will join the program when someone from the current line-up wants to leave for a schedule or personal reason.” There is room for uncertainty when Jonghyun, Junsu, Jeong Yonghwa, and Lee Hongki will join the program.

Kwon PD hinted they might introduce a more dramatic way of adding new contestants, adding that he is also considering a proceeding that the 3-time winner retires with honor.

Immortal Masterpiece 2 is a program in which idol singers sing an old hit song by a legendary singer in their own styles and the invited sunbae singer will select the winner. It will start filming on May 16 and be aired early June.

[from 10 Asia http://media.daum.net/entertain/enews/?newsid=20110506111745967&cateid=1005&page=4]

Trans by jujugal

[update] Jonghyun to Participate in the 3rd Episode of Immortal Song 2?

[pd] There’s no elimination in Immortal Masterpiece 2, but there’s competition to be the winner. The winner will be decided not by one’s singing ability, but by how well one sings the given song by a sunbae singer  in his/her own style. When to leave is up to the contestant because there’s no elimination. Another challenger will join when one of the contestants wants to leave due to his/her schedule or for some reason.

[pd] SHINee Jonghyun in the 3rd episode, 2PM Junsu in the 5th, Yonghwa after finishing his drama filming, and Hongki after finishing his activities in Japan will join the contest. I feel confident thanks to them.

[from Immortal masterpiece 2 PD Kwon Jaeyoung's twitter]

Trans by jujugal

[info] A New Concept SM Idol Group to Be Launched in May

SM is currently preparing to debut a new group of 7 Koreans and 5 Chinese, two separate teams under one group name.

They will start activities with the Korean and Chinese versions of the same song at the same time in Korea and China.

They are one group of 12 members in two teams.

They will debut in Korea and China in May.

Edit: “We are currently preparing to launch two new groups. One will consist of 7 Koreans and the other will consist of 5 Chinese members. The interesting thing about this is that the two groups will have the same name. Now we are planning to launch the groups simultaneously in Korea and China–singing the same song in two different languages. We plan to instigate this new idea of two separate groups that will be promoting two parts of one bigger group of 12 members this May.”

[from Lee Sooman's lecture in Stanford University]

Source: http://youtu.be/CYXVtUP1Yr4

Trans by jujugal

* Lee Sooman gave the lecture in Korean with his son as an interpreter. I transcribed the translated part.

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A totally new concept of group. An upgraded version of Super Junior? Is this going to work? Whether it succeeds or not, SM’s innovative ideas and pioneering spirit are truly something…

[news] SM Idols on Cruise?

All That Cruise Co. Ltd. announced they purchased a large cruise ship to be named “Korean Wave Star.”

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According to a contract they made with SM Art Company, an SM’s subsidiary company in charge of concert planning, last November, they are planning to have Korean Wave concerts with SM artists such as SNSD, BoA, and DBSK.

[from DongA Ilbo]

Trans by jujugal

hmm….